The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-14

other dead broke iortnne.hunter.
lie had been on the losing side IN the
Brooks and Baxter war for the cor
troll ofihc Arkansas state government
at Little Rock, and when h3 got tore
his finances mad reached their lowest
ebb But be had the vote getting
gift. aud il wasn't long until he was
sitting on the bench aud dispensing
Justice at l.cadville, Alamosa and one
or two other places which comprised
his circuit.
Bowcn's political methods are HE
own. lie doesn't 20 about with the
boys whooping up things, but he
picks his friends with rare discrimin-
alton and they stand by linn with I'M
yieldn y Loyalty. Colorado lawyers
who practiccd IN his court say that ns
u Judge Bowen was sometimes
picturesque. but that he dealt plniu
common sense KIND OF justice. Per
haps the most notable incident OF his
iudicinl career was the contest Of the
Santa TO and the Rio Grandc rail
roads Tor the right Of way through
Grand Canyon, just above Canyon
CIV. The case was tried at a lamOsa.
ana was attended with good deal
of feeling. Bowen decided against
tho Santa Fc, and the next morning
there appeared in a Denver paper II
dispatch announcing the decision, and
with it the iDsiuuation that the court
had been corrupted. When the pa
per reached Alamosa Bowen replied
TO it from the bench and made the
ufatorical effort of his life. Frsg-
ments of that speech have been
preserved, and when Bowen and his
strange career are the subjects OF
conversation, some one Is pretty sure
to quote from memory n sentence or
two of that remarkable TRADE. Per
haps tho most striking portion was
that IN which, referring to the dispatch
and his author, Bowen said: "The
heart conceived II Is as black, barren
and vcrdurelcss of the truth as the
lava beds Of n II d."
Only intimate friends know that
Bowen Is great lover of poetry aud
that his tavorite is Byron. From
that outhh he can quote by the hour.
His interests here consist OF gold
mine i'll which very beautiful rich
ore Is found in pockets. II is d. ubt.
tul ii he makes much out of 1t, for Ia,
hasn't the capit0l to work it on large
scale. His idca has always been to
sell the mine, and last winter he
bought be had found purchase.
$4,000, or the terms. "NOw,' siii
the Senator TO an intimate friend, !
can Invest that money where 1t viii
yield me u sure steady income, on
which can live comfortable Then
he spoke of his aspirations for anoth-
er term in tho Senate, and expressed
the belief that if he got back he would
be able to accomplish something not
to be ashamed Of,
But while the Senator was indu'g
ing in the dream of being able 10
realize the aim of his life, the capital
ist who was putting in the bulk of his
fortune 10 buy this mine was SUDDENLY
afflicted with falling sight. physi-
clans told him there was no hope OF
recovery. The bargain had pro.
grcsscd 80 far that the question of
release lay with the senator. The
capitalist went to him and told him
the circumstances. Bowen listened
Hnd SAID quietly: "Would you ra'her
you mad not made this trade" TIE
buyer replied that since he found
himself III such helpless c1nd on
no did not bel eve it would DO wise to
enter upon the ENTERPRISE. "Nory
we'll" replied Bowen nc are your
securities ana he handed back the
papers without another word.
Senator Bowen still has the mine.
He works it enough to strike coca,
sional pockets, and when he gets
anything particularly good he saws
the stuff into slabs and cnriches the
specimen cabinets OF admiring friends.